23 September 2010. Tags: baseball records broken, Ichiro Suzuki, Jose Bautista
In today’s game in Toronto at the Rogers’ Centre two players on opposing teams had history making at bats. Jose Bautista, who plays right field and third base for the Toronto Blue Jays, hit his 50th home run. In the same game, the Seattle Mariners’ right fielder, Ichiro Suzuki, recorded his 200th hit for the [...]
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05 September 2010. Tags: Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
Josh Hamilton, playing in left field with the Texas Rangers, injured his ribs on Saturday when he caught his elbow between his ribs and the wall, as he crashed into the center field wall at Target Field in Minnesota. He managed to catch the fly ball from the Twins’ batter, Delmon Young, but he is [...]
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27 August 2010. Tags: Stephen Strasburg, Tommy John surgery, Washington Nationals
Stephen Strasburg is 22 years old and had a huge fan following before he even made his first pitch in the Major Leagues. His minor league career had been dazzling and everyone was anxious to see his debut in the Majors. He did not disappoint. After throwing 100 mph pitches in his first game on [...]
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24 August 2010. Tags: divorce, Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren were married Oct. 5, 2004, in the Barbados and have a 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and an 18-month-old son, Charlie. Their marriage officially came to an end yesterday in Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida. But most would argue that their marriage was pretty much over by Thanksgiving last [...]
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23 August 2010. Tags: indictment, Roger Clemens, steroids
Former New York Yankee Major League Baseball pitcher, Roger Clemens, was indicted last week for making false statements, perjury and obstructing a congressional investigation into players using performance-enhancing drugs when he denied accusations he had used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs while he was under oath before Congress in 2008. Afterward, Clemens used his Twitter [...]
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22 August 2010. Tags: Chicago Cubs, Lou Piniella, retirement
Before today’s game, Piniella said, “I didn’t think my career would end this way. But my mom needs me home. She hasn’t gotten any better since I’ve been here. She’s had a couple other complications, and rather than continue to go home, come back, it’s not fair to the team, it’s not fair to the [...]
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